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It's this kind of attitude that makes me HATE girls
Granted, I am subscribed to She She Me that tries to raise shopping to an artform and that is where I read the following with my italics…
[What to Wear for] Lunch with the Girls:
Don’t even try to kid yourselves here girls. It’s all about the style. It’s all about the shoes. It’s all about the handbag. Why else do we get together for lunch? Oh, yes: to dissect our personal choices in style, shoes and handbags (along with the occasional dish about boys)! This is the perfect venue to debut your sassiest sundress, hottest heels, trendiest tote and glossiest lipgloss.
…. makes me want to puke.
Spike in rodent infestations, restaurant closures
Freaky to see some of the establishments we frequent had closed for a few days because of rodent infestation!
"Evil fumes issued from the adjoining sausage factory. Wallace suspected the final pork product of being heavily compounded with unmentionable substances. The shrivelled red bundles of tough meat, speckled with creamy knots of fat, hung like leprous penises on lines at the side of the factory."
On Chinese sausages, from Timothy Mo’s “Monkey King” (Chp.16)
A mutually beneficial arrangement
“I have a friend (who will remain nameless) whose domestic partner didn’t work outside the home. While I’m not sure if he ever said these words to her, he told me that he didn’t mind bringing home the bacon, as long as she optimized her time at home to do two things:
1. Keep the house clean
2. Keep herself hot.
He figured that some quality time at the gym and with the vacuum should be easily accomplishable with the 8-10 hours/day available that she’d otherwise spend at work - and that arrangement kept him perfectly happy.”
From a blog post at World Wide Watercooler
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That congee always give me hiccup.”
“No, that was burping you did.”
Mr. Poon frowned. “I don’t like how that word sound. We Chinese, as you know, have no word like that. Our culture was too refine.”
"Conversation between Wallace Nolasco and his father-in-law, Mr. Poon in “Monkey King” (Ch.11)
An SNL musical skit performed when JT hosted. The One sent me this back when it was the newest, hottest thing and, to be frank, I didn’t get it. I didn’t find it really funny. Shows you how maybe we wouldn’t get along?? =(
Restaurant grease targeted in Vancouver suburb
Made me laugh. Richmond is chockful of Chinese restaurants. Could there be a connection….?
Specialty med program announced for Saint John
Highlight to “We know that where people do their specialty training is where they’re most likely to spend the rest of their careers.”
Insert BIG SIGH over The One
